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Thursday, June 30, 2011

Time to share your skies, the beauty over your world, the clouds, the colors! Sky Watch is hosted each week by Klaus and the Sky Watch team of Klaus, Sandy, Wren and me. Join us and the many people from all over the world who share theirs with us each week! Click on the address under the post title to be taken to the SWF website where you can sign up. Still no consistently great weather, but we are having more sun, warmer temps and to be honest, I really can't complain. Beautiful skies come in lots of different packages and here are some from this week! Hope you all have a beautiful, fun, love-filled weekend! Enjoy!

By the sounds of Mark Twain’s quote, he knew something about habits. Of course, this brilliant man knew something about everything, especially how to express his thoughts concisely with words. Also, love the light dusting of clouds in the third photo, Sylvia. It’s a little unusual but pretty. :)

Is that a snow-capped mountain in the first photo? As always beautiful images and wise words from Mark Twain. I love the last quote! Your artist friend who does your headers has combined Africa and India in today's header? Have a great weekend, Sylvia. Blessings Jo

hah! love that quote about habit from Twain. perfect. gorgeous skies Sylvia. I especially like that last one. and love the new header image too!!! have a great weekend, and a wonderful July 4th celebration.

Your personalized banners get sweeter and sweeter and your photos more and more beautiful. Your pictures are wonderful and a reel inspiration for me. Your quotes are superb and always have a lesson to teach. This series is exceptionally lovely: the skies, Ranier, trees...everything is perfect. Genie

The quotes are great as usual. There is always a quote that is the most attractive of all. In this post my favourite quote is:"Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."Mark TwainHave a wonderful weekend, Sylvia!

Old Mark Twain, the first quote makes me laugh. Yes Heaven might be pretty sparsely populated. Have a great weekend Sylvia. We are headed out to western Oklahoma for Heather's family reunion. Its going to be hot, hot, hot.

What Can I Say?

I'm interested in almost everything. Use to like to travel, but it's too expensive now. I take Tai Chi classes, swim, volunteer in a Jump-start program for pre-schoolers. I'm an avid reader and like nearly everyone these days I follow politics avidly. I'm a former teacher and Special Projects Coordinator for a Telecommunications company, Assistant to the President of a Japanese silicon wafer manufacturing company. Am now enjoying retirement -- most of the time. I have two daughters, one son-in-law and two sons scattered all over the country. No grandchildren.

Stop Hate Starting Here

I Never Saw Another Butterfly

So richly, brightly, dazzlingly yellowPerhaps if the sun’s tears would singagainst a white stone....

Such, such a yellowIs carried lightly ’way up high.It went away I’m sure because it wished to kiss the world good-bye.

For seven weeks I’ve lived in herePenned up inside this ghetto.But I have found what I love here.The dandelions call to meAnd the white chestnut branches in the court.

Only I never saw another butterfly. That butterfly was the last one.Butterflies don’t live in here, in the ghetto.

Written by Pavel Friedman, June 4, 1942 Born in Prague on Jan. 7, 1921.Deported to the Terezin Concentration Camp on April 26, 1942. Died in Aushchwitzon Sept. 29, 1944.

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Chasing Ashes

I love to write and it has been a hobby for a long time. Mysteries were always my escape reading during some of the darker times of my life and I finally decided to give it a try. I've actually written seven over the years. Unfortunately, my last computer disaster resulted in my losing three of the latest four. I did manage to salvage this one.